St Albans Girls' School, usually referred to as STAGS, is a girls'

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. It was formerly known as "St Albans Girls' Grammar School." It is one of three schools for girls in St Albans, the others being Loreto College and

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; the latter is private and selective. There are approximately 1,450 students, including boys, on roll at the school (2025 figures). The Headteacher is Paul Kershaw.

Achievements and recognition

* Number of students achieving 5 GCSE grades 9-6 is usually between 85-90%. * The School was awarded the School Achievement Award by

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in 2002.

House system

The school has eight houses, all named after famous women: Austen, Bronte,

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, Franklin, Hepworth,

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, Parks and Seacole. The assigned colour of the house that a student belongs to is displayed as a small stag on their blouse collar. Parks is a new house that was made for the start of the 2019 academic year, after the school had finished its £2.5 million expansion that took a year to complete. The colours are as follows: *Austen - Red *Bronte - Yellow *Curie - Green *Franklin - Orange *Hepworth - Blue *Johnson - Silver *Parks - Pink *Seacole - Purple Each house has two house captains elected from Year 12. The house system encourages a positive competitive nature in sports and competitions. There are a number of big events covered by the house system every year. The Christmas Fair includes stalls from each house competing for three awards: 'Best Stall', 'Best Display' and 'Best over all contribution to the Fair'. There is also an inter-house Easter event which has a different theme every year. There is also a themed 'House Challenge Day' every year, where each house has various tasks to fulfill to make up a final score. The winning house gets a large number of house points to add to their total. The previous house system had seven houses, all named after planets: Krypton, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Neptune, Saturn and Pluto.

Uniform

The uniform consists of a navy blue blazer with badge, a navy, knee-length skirt or navy trousers, a navy jumper with school trim and blue badge with embroidered STAGs in house colours. The

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may wear more formal, work-style clothes, which include a smart skirt of reasonable length or smart full-length trousers and a blouse or top with sleeves. Boys should wear a formal shirt and trousers. On formal occasions when representing the school, all sixth formers must wear a black tailored jacket with white shirt (and tie for the boys), black trousers or skirt.

Notable former pupils

* Olivia Allison, Olympic synchronized swimmer. * Anouk Denton, footballer *

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of the electric folk band

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. * Jeany Spark, actress.

References

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